It had been 711 days. Seven hundred and 11 days since proper Madness, since Virginia and Texas Tech gripped us, since the drama and unpredictability that we all love. The NCAA men's basketball tournament returned in full force on Friday, finally, after an excruciating hiatus, and ... it was everything we remembered.
It was overtimes and tense finishes.
It was dunks and clutch shots
And most of all, it reminded us that nobody knows anything.
Every year, as if ritual, certain upset picks become popular. Others get ignored. And guess which ones materialize?